To pass the time until Pokemon X/Y much anticipated arrival, I want to hold a series of polls that rates every single gym leader that appears in the main series game. Everyday I will hold a poll dedicated to one of the main series gym leaders, and you have a chance to rate them on a scale of 1-10. The poll will be open for 24 hours and the gym leader will be chosen at random. You can rate the gym leaders on whatever you like: gym puzzles, gym battle, appearance, line-up, difficulty, etc.

I gave Blaine a score of an 8. He was a pretty solid gym leader, but not the best in the series. I really enjoyed his gym puzzle in R/B/Y and FR/LG where you had to answer the questions correctly or else have to fight a trainer. His design is pretty cool also. On the downside though, his gym fight in most of the games he appeared in though were pretty easy. But I guess that is to be expected for the seventh gym leader with Fire-types. His gym battles weren't terrible or anything, just a little too simple.---Baltimore Orioles: 0-0 | Baltimore Ravens: 13-4